PREVIEW: Ohio State at Texas

Published 5:30 am, Friday, September 8, 2006

• Series record: Texas won the only meeting 25-22 on Sept. 10, 2005, at Columbus, Ohio.

• What's at stake: The winner will have overcome an early-season obstacle to the Bowl Championship Series national title game.

• Ohio State at a glance: The top-ranked Buckeyes are coming off a 35-12 win over Northern Illinois. Ohio State is 54-9-1 all-time as the No. 1 team.This will be their first regular-season trip to the state of Texas since playing SMU in 1976.The only other visits were against Texas A&M in 1987 in the Cotton Bowl and against Oklahoma State in the 2004 Alamo Bowl.

• Texas at a glance: The No. 2 Longhorns beat North Texas 56-7 in the opener for their nation-leading 21st consecutive victory. Texas is hosting a top-ranked team for the first time since SMU in 1950. The Longhorns are 4-0 all-time against teams ranked No. 1.Texas has won 44 of its last 47 home games.